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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202576720" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202576720">(Jul 01 2020 at 14:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>from <a class="stream" data-stream-id="242791" href="/#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra">#t-infra</a> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202575049">https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202575049</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202576854" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202576854">(Jul 01 2020 at 14:42)</a>:</h4>
<p>for those lazy to click:</p>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="116155">Jake Goulding</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202575049">said</a>:</p>
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<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="121055">Pietro Albini</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/2020-07-01.20meeting/near/202574842">said</a>:</p>
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<p>ugh I miss "person is typing" <span aria-label="confused" class="emoji emoji-1f615" role="img" title="confused">:confused:</span></p>
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<p>Maybe bring it up in <a class="stream" data-stream-id="122653" href="/#narrow/stream/122653-zulip">#zulip</a> ? I think there's an employee that hangs out in there?</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202578961" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202578961">(Jul 01 2020 at 14:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>There's an open issue for it, I forget which though.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202582612" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Jake Goulding <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202582612">(Jul 01 2020 at 15:25)</a>:</h4>
<p>Also from the other thread:</p>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="125254">kennytm</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202575405">said</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/typing-indicators.html">https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/typing-indicators.html</a></p>
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<p>Right now typing indicators are only used in “Private Messages” views. <span aria-label="thinking" class="emoji emoji-1f914" role="img" title="thinking">:thinking:</span></p>
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<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="125254">kennytm</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202575609">said</a>:</p>
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<p>The most likely big change to typing indicators is that we will add them for stream conversations. This will require some thought for large streams, in terms of both usability and performance.</p>
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<p>so a known issue but won't be implemented in the short term</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202582827" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Jake Goulding <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202582827">(Jul 01 2020 at 15:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>So I guess take this as a handful of <span aria-label="+1" class="emoji emoji-1f44d" role="img" title="+1">:+1:</span> to the feature request.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202591660" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202591660">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:34)</a>:</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11152">https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11152</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202592543" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202592543">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>why do people want it</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202592561" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202592561">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>I find it distracting</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202593014" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202593014">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>... and invasive</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202593085" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202593085">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>looking at the issue, it's kool that someone mentioned ability to disable it</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202593238" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> bjorn3 <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202593238">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>Maybe it could even be opt-in with a checkbox in the reply window? (near "Press Enter to send")</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202594336" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202594336">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:54)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="119529">@Tshepang Lekhonkhobe</span> I find it useful in meetings as you can ask something like "Does anyone have any thoughts?" and you can see whether people are writing or if you can move on.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202594460" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> XAMPPRocky <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202594460">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:55)</a>:</h4>
<p>It also makes it feel more interactive, I'm less likely to look away if i know someone is about to write a reply.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202594470" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Léo Lanteri Thauvin <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202594470">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:56)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hehe, maybe <span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="116083">pnkfelix</span> will like it then x)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202594893" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202594893">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:59)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="119529">Tshepang Lekhonkhobe</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202592543">said</a>:</p>
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<p>why do people want it</p>
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<p>yeah, running meetings for the infra team has been <em>way</em> harder since we switched from discord</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202594955" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202594955">(Jul 01 2020 at 16:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>it either fills the thread with "react to this if you have something to say" or it delays a meeting a ton</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202598032" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202598032">(Jul 01 2020 at 17:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>alright, makes sense</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202606937" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202606937">(Jul 01 2020 at 18:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>i like the idea tbh, also it is useful during meetings</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing%20indicators/near/202628391" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators.html#202628391">(Jul 01 2020 at 21:52)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="133247">bjorn3</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/typing.20indicators/near/202593238">said</a>:</p>
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<p>Maybe it could even be opt-in with a checkbox in the reply window? (near "Press Enter to send")</p>
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<p>I don't think it needs to be that prominent, but it should be a setting.</p>



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